[Robotgroup] SXSW/EFF/Dorkbot?

[Paul Atkinson]

OT - Marvin, someone brought a ~5" diagonal CRT for you last night. It's in
my car until I see you (unless I can pawn it off on el Presidente ... sh,
sh)

Paul

On Thu, Mar 6, 2008 at 8:41 PM, Marvin Niebuhr <marvart at txwinet.com> wrote:

> Artists today, Bio-mechanicals tomorrow. Prof. Conrad
>
> On Mar 6, 2008, at 5:21 PM, Vern Graner wrote:
>
> > Andre Lamothe wrote:
> >> Ok, after reviewing the websites for all these events, they
> >> seem more like bad VCR instructions! It's hard to get a
> >> simple what, where, when, how.
> >
> > Heh. Thats what you get when artists design web sites.. Visual pizazz
> > always wins over functionality. :)
> >
> >> I would possibly like to "try" and check out the SXSW on
> >> Friday for a couple hours,
> >
> > Good luck with that. The wrist bands are expensive and there's no
> > guarantee u will get to see anything since the wristband isn't a
> > reservation, its more like a license to compete.. first come, first
> > seated.. when capacity is reached in a club, no one else gets in.
> >
> >> and then I wanted my girlfriend to check out Dorkbot on Saturday
> >> since she likes stuff like that as well.
> >
> > Thats pretty easy. As long as she tells people she's with the robot
> > group she should be able to get right in. If you want I can get u my
> > cell # so I can come to the gate and make sure she gets in.
> >
> >> 1. Am I blind? or are the SXSW tickets like $300-500? I wanted
> >> to go on  Friday to the con center, watch a movie, maybe etc.
> >> The tickets are this expensive?
> >
> > No.. more like $300 to $1050:
> >
> > http://2008.sxsw.com/register_to_attend/
> >
> > Insane IMHO.
> >
> >> 2. For dorkbot. Last time, I just showed up. Looks like people are
> >> RSVPing
> >> now. Is this necessary really?
> >
> > I would say YES, but David Nunez and or Nick Pietraniec would have the
> > most solid answer, but I would bet since you are TRG member if you
> > RSVP
> > w/David you should be able to get in no problem. Also, since the
> > "regular" TRG crew will be in the house, call one of our cell
> > phones and
> > we'll come vouch for you. :)
> >
> > Vern
> >
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